Gabrielle Lurie, San Francisco Chronicle Photo: AlunBe. Featured Image [dropcap]Melorra[/dropcap] and Melonie Green have lived together their whole lives — 41 years to be exact. Born one minute apart, the fraternal twins are from Memphis and have brought their Southern charm and vision to the Bay Area. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] For the past decade, the Green […]
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America doesn’t need another apology for slavery, but atonement | Dallas News
Joyce King, Contributor, Dallas News [dropcap]Black[/dropcap] History Month, 2019, has been a sobering reality check for millions of white Americans who are expressing shock and outrage at everything from elected officials donning blackface to a beloved movie star’s admission he once wanted to take revenge on a random black man. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] America does not […]
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Black-Owned Shops, Restaurants, Day Spas & More Boom In Philadelphia | Visit Philly
Visitors To Philly Can Support Independent, Brick-And-Mortar African-American Businesses
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If you truly knew what the N-word meant to our ancestors, you’d NEVER use it | The Undefeated
It was used and still can be used to make us hate ourselves
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10 Quotes About Love From Iconic Black History Makers | HuffPost
Maya Angelou, Beyoncé, James Baldwin and other Black icons have a lot to teach us about love.
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22 Black Owned Luxury Brands To Support Instead of GUCCI and Prada | Shoppe Black
Shoppe Black, Shoppe Black Undra Celeste. Featured Images Courtesy of Shoppe Black [dropcap]Gucci[/dropcap] issued an apology for the offense caused by their “blackface sweater”. I don’t accept. In fact, at this point, I’m convinced that these “mistakes” are part of these folks’ marketing strategy. They can’t be that clueless. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Tsemaye Binite Ozwald Boateng […]
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Living Near Your Grandmother Has Evolutionary Benefits | NPR
Killer whales, Japanese aphids and Homo sapiens — they’re among the few organisms whose females live on long past the age of reproduction. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Since the name of the evolutionary game is survival and reproduction, the phenomenon begs explanation — why live longer than you can reproduce? In the 1960s, researchers came up with […]
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Haiti: People protest demanding President Moise’s resignation | Al Jazeera
Protesters accuse President Jovenel Moise of mismanaging the economy and call for an end to his rule.
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REVIEW: Aretha Franklin’s Soul-Stirring “Amazing Grace” Documentary Soars Into the Divine | Good Black News
Lori Lakin Hutcherson, Good Black News Ron Tom/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images. Featured Image [dropcap]Before[/dropcap] reading, please understand the deep degree to which I am an Aretha Franklin fan. I have been in rapture since I was a teen grooving to “Jump To It,” “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me),” “Think,” and, of […]
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Museum receives $3.5 million endowment gift from Eddie and Sylvia Brown | Art Daily
Art Daily, Art Daily Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown. (Lloyd Fox / Baltimore Sun). Featured Image [dropcap]BALTIMORE[/dropcap], MD.- The Baltimore Museum of Art today announced a gift of $3.5 million from Baltimore-based philanthropists Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown to endow the position of chief curator at the museum. The Browns’ support and advocacy […]
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